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title: "Square crops for lead images"
canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/7b5c62e6-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4
short_url: https://dpg.support/aaep
category: "Guides > Teams > Using DPG for collaborative galleries > Managing Images"
locale: en
updated_at: 2017-10-24T18:56:29Z
source: Digital Photo Gallery Support
---

# Square crops for lead images

!["Artists" page showing square cropped lead images for each of the artist keywords.](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/1a532f94-a76b-11e7-9dcc-b68a4d6fbdb2/971_support.jpg?generated=20171002131632)

Some areas of the gallery use cropped thumbnails to represent items within a section, such as keywords. While DPG will try to intelligently select the best area for the crop, you can also choose it manually using the [crop tool](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/28dc013a-ab85-11e2-bc0b-b8f6b11825bb).

> 💡 **Tip:** The crop selection of an image does not affect the original dimensions or aspect ratio, just the way that it is viewed in the relevant (e.g. square) view.

![](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/8c45f5c8-a76b-11e7-b5cc-b68a4d6fbdb2/972_support.jpg?generated=20171002131840)

You can find the **Crop** panel in the sidebar when viewing an individual image.